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“Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us. Not everything which hurts may be bad.”
― Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy

“It seems sometimes that all we have to do is first to swallow our own negativeness, and then to swallow other people's. How much poison can one swallow? Perhaps that's all there is to it.”
― Rodney Collin, The Theory of Conscious Harmony

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou

“American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash--all of them--surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered in rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, cartons, bins, the so-called packaging we love so much. The mountain of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America